Finale; Approaching
The Nemesis
Soundwave had woken up as an alert had appeared in her sensors, one that had made her cautious as she had searched for it, looking over the data before she had seen that it was the Vault, that Dreadwing had taken advantage of her state of unconsciousness, she had checked the stock as Soundwave saw that The Forge of Solus Prime had been stolen by The Seeker.
He had taken The Forge, he was taking the artifact who knew where and it angered her, “Find him!” She had ordered of Laserbeak, “Find him? How–?” He went as she had started to march out and search, already giving the information to Megatron as she had started to look around before there was a thought, she had opened up The Comms to Dreadwing, “Soundwave.” He had said to her.
“Where is he Soundwave?” He had asked, hearing that, Soundwave paused, this was a chance, a way for them to get rid of that Viper, she instead sent him the schedule of The Command Crew of The Nemesis that had been updated, “Thank you, Soundwave.” He had said to her while Soundwave had walked away, not wanting to be there when whichever deed was done.
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Dreadwing was on a mission as he had marched down the halls when he heard his masters voice, “Dreadwing.” Megatron said, making him pause in his anger as he turned, “I have been searching for you.” Megatron had told The Seeker, “I am at your service, Lord Megatron.” he said, bowing his helm towards his leader, “I recognize that Starscream’s return to our ranks may be difficult for you,” he said.
“Given the loss of your twin under his command.” Megatron said as he tried to school his features, “But your cooperation is essential. We Decepticons will be best-equipped to rule a restored Cybertron only if we are united.” He had told Dreadwing, “Understood.” he whispered to him, “And if it pleases you, master, I intend to reach out to our comrade personally.” he said, resoled in his fate.
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Medical Bay, The Nemesis
Dreadwing had glared down at The Coward who had just awakened, “Finally. I can't wait to take flight and soar above the clouds.” The Seeker said, unlike Skyquake… it just gave him another reason to do this, “Starscream.” he said, drawing the attention of both CMO and SIC to his position, “I regret to inform you that you will not live to spread your wings ever again.” he said, pulling out his gattler and firing.
He sprayed blaster fire at them, making the two of them yelp as they narrowly avoided his wrath, the pair going opposite directions but Dreadwing was not here for Knock Out, “Knock Out, help me!” he pleaded, but The CMO was smart and continued to run, all the while Dreadwing dropped his blaster and drew his sword, wanting to savor it as Starscream drew his own, a drill he found on the ground.
He held it as if the small tool would ward him off, “Dreadwing, what has gotten into you?” he asked as Dreadwing had slashed, destroying the tool, scaring him as he backed away, “No, wait.” he said, terrified, “This is about Skyquake, isn't it? I thought we had put that behind us!” he had asked him, “So had I!” He told The Seeker, slashing but Starscream barely avoided it.
“Aah! Casualties are an unfortunate consequence of war! But I assure you, your twin met his end with great honor!” he tried to explain like that would stop his attack, “Which you disgraced by raising him from the dead!” he said, stalking towards him, “Oh, you know about that.” He said, not denying it before speaking again, “There must be something I can do, some form of reparation I can offer to alleviate your anguish!”
“Your Spark will suffice!” he said, raising his blade in fury, “Dreading!” Megatron shouted, making him turn to see their leader at the threshold, glaring at him, “Stand down!” he had ordered of the bot, but Dreadwing was livid, “This desecrator must pay for his actions!” he had told Megatron, “You call this loyalty, Master?!” Starscream had questioned, beyond terrified of the scene.
“I said stand down! That is an order.” Megatron had told Dreadwing and hearing that, Dreadwing turned back towards Starscream, “One which I cannot follow.” he said, raising his blade with a roar, Starscream flinching before there was pain, pain that shocked him as he looked down at the hole in his chassis made by his gattler, but as he fell, he only felt relief, “I am coming, Brother.” Being his last thought as he faded away.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
“I’m okay?” Starscream asked, looking down at his undamaged self, “I’m okay!” He declared, laughing in relief at that while Soundwave felt pity at that, “Lord Megatron, you have my eternal thanks.” He had told Megatron, bowing to him, “Do not ever make me regret which one of you I spared.” He said before turning and walking away, but Soundwave regretted it, she regretted it very much.
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The Necropolis, The Dark Side of The Moon
Soundwave had watched as Dreadwing was buried in The Necropolis, Laserbeak working on the carving of The Symbol of Mortilus, looking at that, she had went and knelt down, praying, “Mortilus, reunite the brothers so that they may be in service to you until all are one.” She had said in her mind, still staying silent as Laserbeak had went and reattached to her chassis.
“So, Dreadwing is gone.” He had told her, “Yes.” She said, going and starting up a bridge, “We need to win.” Soundwave had told Laserbeak, “Of course we need to win! Who knows what The Autobots–!” “No.” Soundwave said, interrupting him, “I’m… I’m just too tired.” Soundwave said as the supplies from one of her stockpiles and sending it to the designated area in question.
“I’ve been fighting for so long, I don’t even care if we win anymore,” Soundwave told him, “I just want to stop fighting.” She had told him, glad the The Omega Keys would essentially end the war, while Laserbeak was just stunned, “I thought you wanted to fight for Equality until the end?” He had asked her, “Look around,” Soundwave said towards the Necropolis, “Does this look like ANYONE is fighting for that anymore?”
Laserbeak looked around and he had nothing to say against that, they had lost many, done much, as they had went and walked away from it, both were in agreement, as soon as their home was restored, they were done, they’d fade out of existence and be something, someone else than A Decpeticon, as Soundwave received a transmission to return, she wondered what she and her Pack would do.
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The Abyss, Benevolon Sector
Trochia and her comrade, Nitro Zeus, and Empurata victim that had joined as a Delta Team as a hunter and a good one too that had gotten on the wrong side of a Decepticon, he was a loud mouthed, trash talking jerk, but he was honest and the turbines were very… turbiney, before she could mentally embarrass herself anymore, there was a bridge, “Run for it!” Nitro shouted.
The two of them, running as fast as possible before the Bridge closed, making both of them cuss before seeing that it was a supply drop, not a prisoner drop, the two approached, cautious until Nitro spoke up, “Of Pit yeah!” He went, pulling out a Gattler, “I haven’t seen one of these things since I was a Sparkling!” he said with glee as Trochia checked the rest.
It was supplies, ammunition, weaponry, energon and medical supplies, all of them having something that looked like a ripple on them and a Black Decepticon Symbol, “What the frag…?” Trochia wondered as Nitro started to grab at it, “Come on! Let’s get this back to base! We can finally kill that thing with this!” he said, and hearing that, she was more than happy to follow for now.
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The Bridge, The Nemesis
The Assembled Decepticons looked at the holographic map before them, “Ah. Of course! Keys are useless without something to unlock.” he had said as the rest of The Command that wasn’t MIA or dead, he turned his attention towards Soundwave, “Target the space bridge for Cybertron.” he had ordered of her and she complied, going and preparing them for the journey ahead.
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The Nemesis
Megatron was on the roof of their vessel with his contingent, the Space Bridge active as they prepared to get ready, “Starscream.” Megatron said, walking by his SIC, “Assume command in my absence.” he ordered, Shock. Honor. Coming from him, making the Seeker gasp while she watched, “I would be honored, master.” Starscream had said while Soundwave had watched.
Megatron had ran forward followed by his contingent, all of them transforming to fly through the Bridge and back home to restore Cybertron, as they had looked, Soundwave took a vent of hope while Starscream turned to her, “Soundwave,” he told her, “Update me on your… observations.” he had commanded and at that, Soundwave had went to comply with his order.
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Cybertron
The Autobot Contingent were all on the watch of The Decepticons had all met up with Megatron himself , “THAT’S Buckethead?” one of the freshest MTO’s had whispered in shock, having never seen an image of him before, “What do we do?” another had asked as a Bridge opened up reveal Team Prime, “Autobots.” Optimus Prime had said as the Autobots listened, “The Decepticons have the Omega Keys.”
That had made the Autobots start to whisper in fear, “We must stop them now,” he said, “This is our only chance before they create a Decepticon led Cybertron.” he told them, at that, they looked to each other and then to their Prime, rising up at attention, “What do you need us to do, Prime?” their leader had asked, making him smile under his mask as they had begun giving out their orders.
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Megatron had walked amongst his people, The Contingent that had been left on the planet all there and all of them were at the ready as they had marched, keeping a protective ring around the four key holders, on guard for The Autobots when they reached a ledge, “According to the landmarks displayed by the keys, the object we seek is located deep the within the sea of rust.” he had told as they got ready to head in.
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Jasper, Nevada
Flamewar had watched them, using a Holomatter avatar to appear like a goggles wearing biker in a black leather jacket that had flames on it, watching the humans that were there as the oldest male contacted someone, “Uh, n-no, Ratchet.” Jack had said as the human appeared to be waiting, “Is something wrong? 'Cause school's been out for almost an hour, and no one's showed to pick us up.” he said.
“Interesting.” The femme thought as they continued to speak, “What's he saying?” The female, Miko had asked Jack, “The bots are busy.” he had answered which made her respond angrily, “Then tell Ratchet to come get us! It's not like he has anything else to do!” she said and Flamewar chuckled, liking that moxie, “He– hello?” Jack went to his device before looking to the others, “He hung up.”
That had surprised them while Flamewar got curious, “What crawled up his tailpipe and died?” Miko had asked angry while The youngest, Raf, spoke, “Did Ratchet tell you what’s going on?” he had asked of Jack, “No. They seem to be keeping us in the dark a lot lately.” he had said before they started to move and Flamewar had started to follow them like she was ordered.
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The Sea of Rust, Cybertron
The Decepticon Force had advanced, following the coordinates there when there was blasterfire at their rear, making them turn to see that Smokescreen was firing upon them, “Wha– what just happened?” he asked as Smokescreen ran to avoid their fire before running into a piece of scrap metal, Smokescreen? But that's impossible.” he had said as they lost sight of him.
“Primes does not possess the means to–” he started before there was a buzzing as a magnetized hunk of metal floated over and crashed, claiming a few of the running Decpeticons, the shockwave and rust blinding them as Bumblebee moved, but Megatron saw him, “Crush them!” he had ordered and The Decpeticons opened fired, only for Bumblebee to avoid it as he transformed.
Driving away on the tracks like in the old days while Bulkhead went and aimed at them, firing The Immobilizer at the bots before leaping down and charging, other Autobots charging to join him, firing upon the Cons with Bumblebee driving over and transforming to run besides them, the group firing upon them as Arcee and her squadron of Heavies had went and leapt off to join.
The warrior applying the Apex Armor as she did before charging with them, their barbers growing as the groups had went and charged towards each other with Smokescreen joining the Contingent, as they had went and made a hole thanks to Arcee, the Autobots coming to make contact, Megatron gave the most important order possible, “Defend The Keys!” he had shouted out.
The nearest MTO’s had went to do as much while the others had made contact with each other, Autobots and Decpeticons crashing into each other, stabbing, blasting, piercing, tearing and decapitating each other as their two sides collided against each other with Arcee and Team Prime making the charge, The Autobot soldiers doing their best to assist them as they went against them.
Seeing they had the advantage in weaponry, Megatron had unsheathed the Dark Star Saber to annihilate them as he had charged with them, only to see Optimus amongst his fellow warriors as well, slashing and tearing through his Decpeticons while Megatron did the same with his Atuobts, cutting through them to meet with The Prime, grabbing the helm of one that tried to tackle him and crushing it as he ran to him.
With a roar, he had swung and Optimus had met him, their two blades connecting and as they did, a shockwave of energy was made, “I bested your little blade once, and I shall do it again!” he had promised the Prime before pushing him back and slashing, knocking the Prime back as he had slashed once more before kicking him back, having the advantage for now.
He had slashed downwards only for Optimus to block and kick him backwards, the two sides firing amongst each other while he had went and charged towards his life long enemy, Team Prime was beating back their foes while The Autobot contingent was trying to hold the majority off with their blasters, weapons, servos, even their dentes as Arcee charged into their numbers again, a group at a high ground aimed to fire.
Only for Bulkhead to immobilize them and make them easy pickings for The Troops while Bumblebee stole the keys from them, each member of Team Prime taking one now, “Go!” The leader of The Contingent ordered, “We’ll cover you!” He had said, the others nodding while Megatron saw what happened, distracting him enough that Optimus had beaten him back.
But he hadn’t fallen as Optimus had went and released a slash towards The Decepticon Leader, he was barely able to protect himself as the wave had knocked him backwards and onto the top of a building, they were surprised by that but were then on the move to pursue, many of them being stopped by The Autobots, but some seekers and grounders were able to slip through.
Megatron had watched as they headed to the location, “I will have those keys, or I will have your sparks!” he had promised which was when Smokescreen appeared from a ruin, putting The Cons on alert as The Autobots fell back, “I can help you with the last part.” Smokescreen had said, revealing an Iacon Artifact, “The Spark Extractor!” he went as they opened fire, not wanting him to use it.
But he had knocked the bots backwards onto the ground before falling through the ground, leaving behind the extractor which was going off, they tried to run and fly away, but it was too late, the field was growing and they were losing so many of them, as he saw this, Megatron grew angry as he gave a roar, throwing the blade at the tool of imprisonment designed by none other than Prowl himself.
It had made contact, destroying the extractor, but leaving nothing but corpses there as he had went and kept off the building and approached the blade, going and picking it up, he saw The Autobot Troops were approaching, he would have time later but he needed to retrieve the keys, “Starscream!” he said over comms, “The Autobots have seized the Omega keys.” he had said as the fodder charged.
“Send reinforcements immediately!” he had ordered of The Decpeticon SIC, “Actually, lord Megatron, Soundwave has been briefing me on recent developments, and we may have a more effective solution.” He had told Megatron, making him angrier as he had slashed at them annihilating the enemies that were before him, wiping them out as he moved forward.
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Jasper, Nevada
Flamewar had watched as the three humans were going and heading to their homes, watching them all fussy and grumpy that their Autobots weren’t there when she had went and stopped in front of them, “Hey there, kiddies!” she had went towards the group with a manic grin, “Wanna come with me?” she had asked, letting her avatar fizzle, “Decepticon?” Raf had asked, backing away.
“Right on the money kiddie!” she had went and said, making them back away and turn to run before seeing that Laserbeak was behind them, “Run.” Jack said as the three of them went and ran into an alley, only to see that a pair of bots were there as well, “Nice to meetcha, humans!” Rumble said with a grin as a bridge opened up, revealing Soundwave walking out.
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The Nemesis
“Still can’t believe that The Autobots used these pests.” Knock Out had told them, tapping on the glass that held the humans in there, the containers being prepared with Earth’s atmosphere, “Believe it, they are quite the pest.” Starscream had said towards them, “Speaking of pests,” Starscream had said, “Care to explain why your Pack is here, Soundwave?” he asked the CCO.
At that, Soundwave gave a answer, “I needed DSS operatives to complete the search.” She had told him, Distrust. Came from the Seeker, but he had nodded at her statement either way, Soundwave wasn’t foolish enough to get caught, yet, The SIC and CMO walked off while she knelt towards the humans and started to use JSL, “<Behave, let us win, and you’ll never see us again.>” She had said.
“Wh– what is that?” Jack asked confused, “JSL,” Miko said, “He’s telling us to behave and after this they’ll be out of our hair.” Miko said, “And how can we trust you?” Miko had asked her, “<Do, don’t. One way or another, this will all be over soon.” she had told them before seeing that the others were approaching, she went and picked up Raf, “Soundwave, open a Space Bridge.” The Seeker ordered.
The Decepticon did as much when she had retrieved a transmission from Thundercracker, “Just make sure we have a home.” He had said towards her and she had liked that, the desire for their people to be a people again, it had made her nod mentally at that as she had went and prepared the portal for them, opening it up at they had went to prepare for the… ‘negotiation’.
“Soundwave,” Laserbeak had said towards her, “If we… leave, after this is over, where would we go?” He had asked and hearing, the CCO knew what they would do, “Remember Caminus?” She had told him, making him mentally smile, liking the sound of that plan, “I wonder what kind of music we can play over there.” She had asked him, already thinking of how they would build their little slice of home.
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The Omega Lock, The Sea of Rust
Team Prime had arrived at the location, their forces were dealing with Cons to give them the chance as Team Prime transformed and walked, “Our head start won't last long.” Arcee said, knowing The Cons had the numbers advantage, “This is where Alpha Trion said we'd find it, right?” Smokescreen had asked of the others, “These are the coordinates.” Bulkhead had confirmed.
“Doesn’t look like much.” The Wrecker said as they had approached a dais, cautious as Optimus Prime wiped away some dust to reveal the symbol of Jhiaxus, The Creator of The Omega Lock, seeing this, The Prime went to his comms, “Ratchet, we have located The Omega Lock.” he said, earning a relieved vent from his comrade at that statement, “At last.” He said, happy for them all.
“According to Alpha Trion, the Omega lock is a conduit to the very Allspark itself.” The Prime said as Smokescreen had approached with his key, “Optimus, an honor like this shouldn't belong to me.” he had said, offering the key which was when it and the others held started to shake and glow, as it did, the dais did as well, before the whole ground below them had throbbed with Cybertronian circuitry.
The land started to grow, to change and become more as four great pillars rose from the ground, becoming more before extending out to become a single ring, glowing with energy above them, it was awe inspiring, but they didn’t have time to bask as Megatron was soon to approach, seeing that, they drew their weapons at the ready as he landed, being met by their aggressive forms as he approached.
“Autobots, I would suggest that you put a halt to your task, and hand over those keys.” he had warned of The warriors, “And why would we do that?” Smokescreen asked as he had kept a bead on The Decepticon Leader, but instead of him answering, a Bridge opened with the Three Decepticons he trusted carrying their quarry appeared, walking out to reveal what they had taken with them.
The Autobots as terrified for them as the humans were at the vision before them as Megatron answered them, “So that I may hand over the humans.” he said, “And if we refuse?” Optimus asked as Megatron approached, “Then I will have no choice but to open the pods, exposing your pets to Cybertron's toxic atmosphere. And then we can all watch them instantly perish, together.” he had told The Autobots, knowing that he had won and that there was nothing that he could do.